Getting Creative With Stencils

If you all saw my craft room, you'd know that I'm a very blessed lady.  I have SO many lovely supplies and goodies that I've collected over the years.  About once or twice a year, I go through my craft supplies and pack up a box of supplies to give to a lady from our church, Elizabeth Robertson, who is a missionary to Mexico with her husband and four children.  Her ladies' group is so blessed by this, and I am delighted to be able to keep them all crafting.  But in all of my supplies, believe it or not, I don't own one single stencil.  I think I gave them away to Elizabeth in one my purging sessions.  So, when I saw this week's challenge at Classy Cards-N-Such, I didn't quite know how I could play along.  I had to get creative.  I made my own stencil!  I took a piece of cardstock, die-cut several holes in it (hearts), and then used that template to stencil the hearts in the lower right hand corner of my card.  It worked out well. So, the next time you think that you don't have the right supplies to enter a challenge, GET CREATIVE and make the things you already own work for you.

This is a very simple card.  I started with a piece of pink Bazzill and inked the edges with a Tim Holtz Barn Door Red ink pad from Classy Cards-n-Such.  I used this same ink to stencil on the hearts in the corner.  I used My Mind's Eye patterned papers from my stash, a glassine bag that I decorated, a Seam Binding bow, May Arts ribbon, sequins, hearts that I die-cut and glittered with Microfine Glitter, some lace, velvet ric-rack,  and a tag tucked in the pocket of the glassine bag.

This second close-up picture shows the glittering technique.  It's very sweet and looks nice on the glassine bag.  Glitter is always a great embellishment for Valentines.  I remember using lots of glitter on the Valentines I made as a child.  The more glitter, the better!  You may also notice that I took my photos today on a wood stump.  My hubby was cutting wood, and I thought it made a cute photo prop.
 

I'm sharing my card in the following challenges:

 

Classy Cards-n-Such Blog - Challenge #16 - Stencils - Please see my stencil story and supply list of items from the store (all listed above).

 

Papertrey Ink - Challenge #149 - Glittered Embellishments - I used Papertrey Ink heart die-cuts, LOVE die-cut, and glittered the PTI hearts following the sweet glittering tutorial on Nichole's blog.

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - Challenge #89 - Love, Birthdays and Chicken Soup - I followed the LOVE theme, and used lots of spooled items including seam binding, ribbon, and washi tape.

 

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. I hope you're having a blessed day!

 

Karen